Two probes on into illegal biomedical waste dumping

Representative imageCHANDIGARH: Both Postgraduate Institute of Medical Research and Education (PGIMER) and Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, have begun internal inquiries regarding illegal sale and dumping of biomedical waste outside the health institutions.

Both the institutes revealed this during a meeting with the officers of the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) on Monday.

The pollution committee of the UT has asked both the institutes to find out if any middleman is involved in the illegal exercise. The committee has directed the medical officers concerned to strengthen the system to disposal of biomedical waste.

"We have asked both the institutes to find out the culprit and fix the responsibility of the person, who is behind illegal sale and disposal of biomedical waste from these institutes. We also sought details about their inquiries and told them to expedite the same to nail the culprits," said a senior officer of CPCC.

"The CPCC has also started its own inquiry into the matter. Out inquiry is different from theirs," said an official.